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| BOOsTER |
Hello mates,
I wrote an e-mail to one of the profesors of Czech Academy of Music Arts (don't know if I translated that well)
actually his reply was that the faculty is more oriented on classical music and the "usual" ways of composition and bla bla bla...
He also commented the sound of my songs as quite good soundwise...
The question is, should I try to get in a faculty which teaches classical music? I know classical background can be very usefull, but also I'm not sure if it's not waste of time and money (money being the stronger factor about it)
I will try to translate his reply to you too:
Milư pane Uxo,
Dear Mr.,
I'm very pleased from your attention about studying here. If you have time 21th november you can come for our "open doors day". Informations about sound creation (as the studium) will be in class nr. 2056 - 12 - 13 hrs.
I looked at your webpage too and they look highly professional, I also listened a few songs. I must say that this is really not my music field, but soundwise it's "on the level". However this doesn't really go into orientation of our faculty, which because of a wide range of subjective and objective reasons doesn't really work with EDM genres (he said pop...but heh).
Electroacustic music is teached on our faculty of composition as part of classical composition, electronic sound is teached on sound creation as a part of work with sound again more oriented on recording classical music.
That, left alone, wouldn't be a reason why not to join for study on sound creation.
The important thing is that a part of "entering exam" are exams from music theory, that means history of music, music theory, harmonic theory, theory about musical instruments and contrapunkt(?) on the level of conservatory (?) absolutorium.
Getting over these is just one of the rules you have to pass for getting accepted.
That is the talent exam, beginning with knowledges of physics, sound technics and listening tests
About the musical side there are a bit smaller requirements for studies of sound on FAMU, but on the technical not.
You must consider carefully, what you want to fill up with the university studium, because in your direction you are not really a beginner, and how you want to be different to your colleagues. We can have a talk about in on 21st November.
With wishes of many musical successes
Ing. Prof. Vaclav Syrovy, csc
HAMU
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well now please someone help me with my questions :-( I'm not really sure but I definitely think that I will visit Prague to have a talk with mr. professor...
what do you think? please help... |
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| Icone |
If it is a study which focuses on everything music has to offer (composition, dynamics, processing, etc), I would certainly be interested in it.
I'm not sure whether the money for the study will be the issue, I would be a LOT more concerned about how I would make a serious income of it when I make producing my full time career (seeing there's not much money to be made anymore in the trance scene as a producer only)... |
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| BOOsTER |
yea, there is study about everything I also had a look at the contents of each teached subject...but
I would have to fill up the gaps of knowledges in music theory and history especially...as I never studied music before I have some basic knowledges of theory but I have absolutely no knowledge of history and so on...
also the theory of musical instruments and bla bla bla ... would be a problem I think...
I think I will go to visit him and talk about it and see if we get a solution or not...I might also go to one of those one year language schools and try again next year...and learn what I need through it...
Thanks, Icone :-)
btw Icone, you wouldn't want to move in Czech Republic and study here, would you? :D
just in case you would...I'd be glad for having a friend going there with me haha :) |
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| Icone |
It would be too damn hard to study Czech first :)
With all studies, there are courses which are probably much less interesting on first sight. Not much to do about it really, it can often be a governmental rule of some sort, or just introduced to cover all the basics for you.
The fact that you already know bits and pieces of music will only be to your advantage I think :) |
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| BOOsTER |
| quote: | Originally posted by Icone
It would be too damn hard to study Czech first :)
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I would be happy to help you out :D |
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